PMID- 37280704
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20230608
LR  - 20230621
IS  - 1746-4358 (Electronic)
IS  - 1746-4358 (Linking)
VI  - 18
IP  - 1
DP  - 2023 Jun 6
TI  - Factors associated with delayed initiation and non-exclusive breastfeeding among 
      children in India: evidence from national family health survey 2019-21.
PG  - 28
LID - 10.1186/s13006-023-00566-0 [doi]
LID - 28
AB  - BACKGROUND: In India, more than half of the newborns experience delayed 
      breastfeeding, and non-exclusive breastfeeding is practiced in 63% of babies 
      below the age of six months. The goal of this study is to investigate the extent 
      to which external environment, demographic and socioeconomic, pregnancy and 
      birthing characteristics, as well as utilization of maternal care services, are 
      associated with delayed initiation and non-exclusive breastfeeding among children 
      in India. METHODS: Data was gathered from the fifth round of the National Family 
      Health Survey (NFHS), which was conducted in 2019-21. This study used information 
      on 85,037 singleton infants aged 0-23 months and 22,750 singleton infants aged 
      0-5 months. Delayed initiation of breastfeeding and non-exclusive breastfeeding 
      was used as outcome variables in this study. Unadjusted and adjusted 
      multivariable binary logistic regression was performed to analyse the association 
      of delayed breastfeeding and non-exclusive breastfeeding with selected background 
      characteristics. RESULTS: Factors significantly associated with increased risks 
      of delayed initiation of breastfeeding included infants from in the central 
      region (OR 2.19; 95% CI 2.09, 2.29), mothers in the 20 to 29 years age group at 
      the time of childbirth (OR 1.02; 95% CI 0.98, 1.05), caesarean deliveries (OR 
      1.97; 95% CI 1.90, 2.05). The likelihoods for non-exclusive breastfeeding 
      significantly increased among children belonging to the richest household status 
      (OR 1.30; 95% CI 1.17, 1.45), mothers who had less than nine months of pregnancy 
      period (OR 1.15; 95% CI 1.06, 1.25), and mothers who gave birth in non-health 
      facility (OR 1.17; 95% CI 1.05, 1.31). CONCLUSIONS: The connections between 
      several different categories of factors and non-exclusive breastfeeding and 
      delayed breastfeeding initiation show the need for comprehensive public health 
      programmes using a multi-sectoral approach to promote breastfeeding behaviours in 
      India.
CI  - (c) 2023. The Author(s).
FAU - Sharma, Madhurima
AU  - Sharma M
AD  - International Institute for Population Sciences, Govandi Station Road, Deonar, 
      Mumbai, 400088, India.
FAU - Anand, Abhishek
AU  - Anand A
AD  - International Institute for Population Sciences, Govandi Station Road, Deonar, 
      Mumbai, 400088, India. anandabhishek361@gmail.com.
FAU - Goswami, Indrajit
AU  - Goswami I
AD  - International Institute for Population Sciences, Govandi Station Road, Deonar, 
      Mumbai, 400088, India.
FAU - Pradhan, Manas Ranjan
AU  - Pradhan MR
AD  - International Institute for Population Sciences, Govandi Station Road, Deonar, 
      Mumbai, 400088, India.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20230606
PL  - England
TA  - Int Breastfeed J
JT  - International breastfeeding journal
JID - 101251562
SB  - IM
MH  - Infant
MH  - Female
MH  - Pregnancy
MH  - Infant, Newborn
MH  - Humans
MH  - Child
MH  - Young Adult
MH  - Adult
MH  - *Breast Feeding
MH  - Mothers
MH  - *Maternal Health Services
MH  - India
MH  - Health Surveys
PMC - PMC10245522
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Delayed breastfeeding
OT  - India
OT  - Infant
OT  - Logistic regression
OT  - Non-exclusive breastfeeding
COIS- The authors declare no competing interests.
EDAT- 2023/06/07 01:07
MHDA- 2023/06/08 06:42
PMCR- 2023/06/06
CRDT- 2023/06/06 23:46
PHST- 2023/01/24 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2023/05/30 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2023/06/08 06:42 [medline]
PHST- 2023/06/07 01:07 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/06/06 23:46 [entrez]
PHST- 2023/06/06 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1186/s13006-023-00566-0 [pii]
AID - 566 [pii]
AID - 10.1186/s13006-023-00566-0 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Int Breastfeed J. 2023 Jun 6;18(1):28. doi: 10.1186/s13006-023-00566-0.